soilDB 2.8.3 (2024-06-11)

Updates to SoilWeb web coverage services
- ISSR800 authoritative grid system altered slightly
- ISSR800.wcs() and soilColor.wcs() now set color table internally when possible
- updated source data: ISSR800 (FY24) and soil color (FY23)
SDA_query() updates
- Better messaging on error
- Handle try-error result more gracefully in high-level functions (#352)
createSSURGO(): added support for creating DuckDB, PostgreSQL, and other DBI-compatible databases (#352) via conn argument
fetchSDA() and get_chorizon_from_SDA() concatenate multiple texcl using a comma when a texture group contains multiple texture classes (e.g. stratified textures) (fixes #353)
fetchNASIS()/.formatLandformString(): append geomfmod column to landscape, landform, and microfeature strings where present; thanks to Gabriel Benitez for suggestion
fetchNASIS()/get_extended_data_from_NASIS_db(): fix conversion of codes to labels for microrelief
fetchSCAN(): fix header format; thanks to @dschlaep for reporting and providing a fix

What's Changed

SDA_query: handle API failures with more grace by @brownag in #351
createSSURGO: add support for creating DuckDB and other DBI-compatible databases by @brownag in #352
get_chorizon_from_SDA: concatenate many:1 texcl, lieutex within RV chtexturegrp by @brownag in #353

Full Changelog: 2.8.2...2.8.3